What makes a serial killer tick? Why do some people become sex offenders? How do you explain an act of unimaginable violence?
Twisted Minds takes audiences inside the world of forensic psychology and the dark motivations behind some of Australia’s most shocking crimes.
You will meet forensic psychologist Dr Susan Pulman. She’ll discuss murder as the ultimate deception, the chilling prison interview she had with baby-faced killer Daniel Kelsall, and the tragic case of docile IT-worker David Reid who woke one morning to kill his parents … almost completely without warning.
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In episode two, Professor James Ogloff lifts the lid on his conversations with two of Australia’s vilest killers. The serial sex offender who murdered Jill Meagher and the sexual sadist who killed Eurydice Dixon — innocent victims stalked, raped and robbed of their lives as they walked home.
Ep 1 Deception: ‘He killed and then had breakfast’
Ep 2 Stalked: ’The things we find disgusting, he finds arousing’
Ep 3 Murder: ‘Red flags’ that helped catch Baden-Clay’
Ep 4: Madness Beheader’s shock prison psych file revealed
Ep 5: Perversoin: What made Derek Percy kill?
Ep 6: Twisted: Snowtown serial killer’s shock ‘gentle’ side
Ep 7: Undercover: ‘Dad, kill seven people and I’ll come back to life’
Ep 8: Caught: Childers murders: ‘There were bodies still at the door’
Episode three takes a deep dive into the murder of Allison Baden-Clay. Forensic criminologist Dr Claire Ferguson reveals exactly how seedy real estate Gerard came undone, despite his meticulously planned murder cover-up.
In episode four, we discuss whether there was method or simply madness behind Jessica Camilleri’s beheading murder of her mother. Esteemed forensic psychiatrist Dr Richard Furst discusses the tragedy of the crime and why – amazingly — there were no red flags.
Dr Karen Owen takes the mic in episode five to shed light on the sickening perversion of sex offenders. She’s sat down with thousands, including notorious child-killer Derek Percy.
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Of course, there’s few crimes more twisted than the Snowtown ‘bodies in the barrels’ case.
In episode six, forensic psychologist Dr Jack White shares the unique perspective he got on the atrocities after treating one of the perpetrators for almost a year.
Episode seven takes listeners undercover as Mr David Mutton discusses how he kept undercover cops on the straight and narrow, in his role as the chief psychologist for the NSW Police.
And lastly, the series wraps up with a look at how the crims are caught as criminal behaviourist Steve Longford takes us to the frontlines of the Bali bombings and the Childers Backpacker fire.
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